• 79 sets

Matching Emojis

Tap a set to copy it, then share it out: one emoji each for two, three or four people.

Matching Emojis

🔒🔑Lock and keyU+1F512 U+1F511Ready to copy

79 sets. Tap one to copy it.

Pairs that go together 26

The same thing twice 15

Sets of three 10

Sets of four 6

Plain-text pairs 12

Lines for two profiles 10

Next step Friends emoji and signs for two names

How it works

Matching emojis are sets that two, three or four people share out, one emoji each: 🔒 for one and 🔑 for the other. Every set here is one tile, so one tap copies the whole of it.

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Pairs, threes and fours

Pairs that go together come first: lock and key, cookie and milk, bee and sunflower. The same thing twice holds two of a kind, such as one heart in two colors or a cat and a black cat. Sets for three and four follow, from the three monkeys to the four card suits.

Where emoji are refused

Plain-text pairs are ordinary characters, an outline and a filled one: ♡♥, ☆★, ♔♚. They take the color of your text. Lines for two profiles puts each half on a tile of its own. Paste yours and type over the word name.

  • A new emoji can arrive as an empty box on an older phone. The pink and light blue hearts are from Emoji 15.0.
  • Send the whole set to the group first, so everyone picks from the same row.

Questions and answers

What are matching emojis?

A set of emoji that belong together, split between people. One takes 🔒 and the other 🔑, in a name, a bio or a status. Sets for three and four work the same way.

Is there a matching emoji in Unicode?

Not by that word. CLDR, Unicode's list of search words, files no emoji under matching or match. Under pair, twin and twinsies it files 👯 people with bunny ears and its two variants, which friendship symbols holds.

What are matching emojis for three friends?

The three monkeys 🙈🙉🙊, the three medals 🥇🥈🥉, or rock, paper and scissors as hands ✊✋✌️. Sets of three has more, among them three bears and a traffic light.

Which pairs work without emoji?

The plain-text pairs, among them ♡♥, ☆★, ☽☾ and the chess kings ♔♚. Each of those eight characters has been in Unicode since version 1.1.

All 79 sets

Pairs that go together 26

  • Bacon and egg Bacon, then cooking. Breakfast in two halves.
  • Bear and honey Bear, then honey pot. A bear and what it is after.
  • Bee and sunflower Honeybee, then sunflower. A bee and its flower.
  • Bread and butter Bread, then butter. A loaf and what goes on it. Butter arrived in Emoji 12.0.
  • Burger and fries Hamburger, then french fries. A meal in two halves.
  • Butterfly and blossom Butterfly, then blossom. A butterfly and a flower to land on.
  • Cookie and milk Cookie, then glass of milk. Two things that go together.
  • Dog and bone Dog face, then bone. A dog and what it is after.
  • Egg and chick Egg, then hatching chick. Before and after.
  • Fire and water Fire, then water wave. Two opposites.
  • Lock and key Locked, then key. One keeps the lock, the other the key.
  • Monkey and banana Monkey face, then banana. A monkey and what it is after.
  • Moon and star Crescent moon, then star. A crescent and the star beside it.
  • Mouse and cheese Mouse face, then cheese wedge. A mouse and what it is after.
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Pairs that go together, continued

  • Needle and thread Thread, then sewing needle. A spool and the needle it goes through. Sewing needle arrived in Emoji 13.0.
  • Palette and brush Artist palette, then paintbrush. The paint and the brush.
  • Pencil and notebook Pencil, then notebook. Something to write with and something to write in.
  • Popcorn and film Popcorn, then clapper board. A snack and a show.
  • Pumpkin and ghost Jack-o-lantern, then ghost. A pair for October.
  • Rabbit and carrot Rabbit face, then carrot. A rabbit and what it is after.
  • Rain and rainbow Cloud with rain, then rainbow. The rain and what comes after it.
  • Rocket and planet Rocket, then ringed planet. The ship and where it is going. Ringed planet arrived in Emoji 12.0.
  • Rod and fish Fishing pole, then fish. The catcher and the catch.
  • Snowman and snowflake Snowman without snow, then snowflake. A pair for winter.
  • Sun and moon Sun, then crescent moon. Day for one, night for the other.
  • Teapot and cup Teapot, then teacup without handle. The pot and the cup it fills. Teapot arrived in Emoji 13.0.

The same thing twice 15

  • Bear and polar bear Bear, then polar bear. The same animal twice. Polar bear arrived in Emoji 13.0.
  • Black and white hearts Black heart, then white heart. The same heart, dark and light. White heart arrived in Emoji 12.0.
  • Cat and black cat Cat, then black cat. The same animal twice. Black cat arrived in Emoji 13.0.
  • Dancers Woman dancing, then man dancing. Two dancers.
  • Fist bump Right-facing fist, then left-facing fist. Two fists meeting knuckle to knuckle.
  • Full moon and new moon Full moon, then new moon. The same moon, lit and dark.
  • Green and orange hearts Green heart, then orange heart. The same heart in two colors.
  • Handshake halves Rightwards hand, then leftwards hand. The two halves of a handshake. Rightwards hand arrived in Emoji 14.0.
  • Moon faces that look at each other First quarter moon face, then last quarter moon face. Two crescent faces turned toward each other.
  • Note and notes Musical note, then musical notes. One note and three.
  • Pink and light blue hearts Pink heart, then light blue heart. The same heart in two soft colors. Pink heart arrived in Emoji 15.0.
  • Purple and yellow hearts Purple heart, then yellow heart. The same heart in two colors.
  • Red and blue hearts Red heart, then blue heart. The same heart in two colors.
  • Sun face and moon face Sun with face, then full moon face. Two round faces, one for day and one for night.
  • Two puzzle pieces Puzzle piece, 2 times. A pair of jigsaw pieces.

Sets of three 10

  • Red, yellow and blue hearts Red heart, then yellow heart, then blue heart. The same heart in three colors.
  • Rock, paper, scissors Raised fist, then raised hand, then victory hand. The three hands of the game.
  • Sprout, herb and tree Seedling, then herb, then deciduous tree. Small, bigger, biggest.
  • Sun, moon and star Sun, then crescent moon, then star. Three lights in the sky.
  • Three bears Bear, then panda, then polar bear. A brown bear, a panda and a polar bear. Polar bear arrived in Emoji 13.0.
  • Three ices Soft ice cream, then shaved ice, then ice cream. Three frozen desserts.
  • Three medals 1st place medal, then 2nd place medal, then 3rd place medal. Gold, silver and bronze.
  • Three monkeys See-no-evil monkey, then hear-no-evil monkey, then speak-no-evil monkey. Eyes, ears and mouth covered.
  • Three moons Waxing crescent moon, then full moon, then waning crescent moon. Growing, full and shrinking.
  • Traffic light Red circle, then yellow circle, then green circle. Three circles in the colors of a signal. Yellow circle arrived in Emoji 12.0.

Sets of four 6

  • Fire, water, wind and earth Fire, then droplet, then wind face, then globe showing Europe-Africa. One element each.
  • Four arrows Up arrow, then right arrow, then down arrow, then left arrow. One direction each.
  • Four card suits Spade suit, then heart suit, then diamond suit, then club suit. One suit each.
  • Four circles Red circle, then yellow circle, then green circle, then blue circle. One color each. Yellow circle arrived in Emoji 12.0.
  • Four moons New moon, then first quarter moon, then full moon, then last quarter moon. New, half, full and half again.
  • Four seasons Cherry blossom, then sun, then maple leaf, then snowflake. Spring, summer, fall and winter.

Plain-text pairs 12

  • Angle ornaments U+276E U+276F. Heavy left-pointing angle quotation mark ornament, then heavy right-pointing angle quotation mark ornament. One opens and one closes.
  • Outline diamond and solid diamond U+25C7 U+25C6. White diamond, then black diamond. The same shape, empty and filled.
  • Outline heart and solid heart U+2661 U+2665. White heart suit, then black heart suit. Plain characters that take the color of your text. The text-style selector U+FE0E follows a character that could turn into an emoji.
  • Outline spade and solid spade U+2664 U+2660. White spade suit, then black spade suit. The same suit, empty and filled. The text-style selector U+FE0E follows a character that could turn into an emoji.
  • Outline star and solid star U+2606 U+2605. White star, then black star. Plain characters that take the color of your text.
  • Two crescents U+263D U+263E. First quarter moon, then last quarter moon. Two crescents that face each other.
  • Two half circles U+25D0 U+25D1. Circle with left half black, then circle with right half black. Each is filled on the side the other leaves empty.
  • Two half moons U+25D6 U+25D7. Left half black circle, then right half black circle. Put side by side they make one dot.
  • Two pointing hands U+261E U+261C. White right pointing index, then white left pointing index. Two hands that point at each other.
  • White king and black king U+2654 U+265A. White chess king, then black chess king. The two kings of a chess set.
  • White knight and black knight U+2658 U+265E. White chess knight, then black chess knight. The two knights of a chess set.
  • White queen and black queen U+2655 U+265B. White chess queen, then black chess queen. The two queens of a chess set.

Lines for two profiles 10

  • name ☀️ The sun half
  • name ♡ The outline half, in plain text
  • name ♥︎ The solid half, in plain text
  • name 🌙 The moon half
  • name 🌻 The flower half
  • name 🍪 The cookie half
  • name 🐝 The bee half
  • name 🔑 The key half
  • name 🔒 The lock half
  • name 🥛 The milk half

How this list was compiled: Every emoji is fetched by its name from emoji-test.txt, version 18.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/emoji/emoji-test.txt), which also gives the Emoji version of each; a note says so when a part arrived in Emoji 12.0 or later. Search words are from the CLDR English annotations (https://github.com/unicode-org/cldr/blob/main/common/annotations/en.xml and annotationsDerived/en.xml, the copies fetched 2026-09-30): they file no emoji under matching or match, and under pair, twin and twinsies only the three emoji with bunny ears. The plain-text characters come by name from UnicodeData.txt, version 18.0.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/UnicodeData.txt), their Unicode version from DerivedAge.txt, and the text-style selector U+FE0E is added where emoji-variation-sequences.txt lists one. Which things go together is this site's own choice: a note names the parts in order and claims no custom or meaning. Licence: Unicode data files: Unicode License v3. Selection and notes: own work.

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